Recent visits have been mired in controversy but Virat Kohli’s team will play four Tests and hopes are high for a return of the sporting values that once characterised the tour
The Maharajah of Porbandar was a better captain than batsman, a fact that, it has to be said, had very little to do with his leadership. The Maharajah was India’s leader on their very first Test tour of England, back in 1932.
When it was over, the joke was that he’d bought more Rolls-Royces than he scored runs. Which was unfair, since the scorebooks show that he made a combined total of eight in the matches he played, and even the most generous estimates are that he only had seven Rolls in his fleet, the best of them a bright white Phantom, numberplate ‘Porbandar’, which he had had shipped over especially from India.
Written by Andy Bull
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2018/jul/31/england-india-test-cricket-series-detente-2018-virat-kohli under the title “Spirit of détente breaks out as England prepare for Test series with India”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
